Scan duplex extremity veins unilateral/limited study at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$72.32 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,600.35 with Cigna Behavioral Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan STARKids $72.32
Superior Health Plan STAR $72.32
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $72.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $72.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $72.32
Texas Health Network MCD $104.74
UTMB MGMCD $106.88
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $106.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97
United MGMCD $111.15
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69
Humana MCD $133.60
Cigna CSN $178.38
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $192.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $200.07
United OptionsPPO $212.13
Cigna PPO $229.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $234.44
Oscar HIX $235.03
BCBS BAV $258.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $285.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $285.65
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $289.26
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $307.34
Aetna QHPExchange $319.40
BCBS EPOSOA $323.61
BCBS HMO $323.61
BCBS PPO $323.61
Evry Health BroadNetwork $329.04
Aetna NBPPO $386.89
Aetna NBHMO $386.89
Aetna NBPOS $386.89
Aetna COMMPPO $412.20
Aetna COMMHMO $412.20
Aetna COMMPOS $412.20
BCBS Traditional $421.84
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $421.84
Imagine Health PPO $421.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $482.11
Curative Administrators COMM $482.11
Aetna OONPPO $483.31
Aetna OONPOS $483.31
Aetna OONHMO $483.31
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $518.27
Aetna ASAPPO $521.88
Aetna ASAPOS $521.88
Aetna ASAHMO $521.88
United GlobalAppendix $542.37
Averde Health Commercial $542.37
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $542.37
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $602.63
Coventry National First Health COMM $642.41
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $662.90
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $662.90
Beech Street WCOMP $723.16
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $723.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $723.16
Independent Medical System COMM $723.16
Coastal Comp COMM $783.43
Humana HMO $920.43
Humana PPO $920.43
Beech Street COMMPPO $964.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $988.32
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,024.48
Physicians, INC COMM $1,024.48
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,084.74
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,084.74
IPA Management Services COMM $1,437.61
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,600.35

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